"The accounts of Western Xia will be calculated later, and what we have to do now is to discuss who will go to Yinzhou, Linzhou and other places to preside over the overall situation."

Kou Zhun saw that Kou Ji was already thinking about Western Xia, so he reminded Kou Ji that the most important thing at the moment was the most important thing.

Kou Ji nodded solemnly.

Kou Zhun continued: "The official family sent Chen Lin to invite our ancestors and grandchildren into the palace to discuss this matter together. ”

Zhao Zhen sent someone to invite Kou into the palace, explaining that the matter was very serious, and naturally he could not be neglected.

Kou Ji glanced down at the dirty clothes on his body, and said with a wry smile: "Grandfather will follow Chen Lin into the palace first, and I will go back to the courtyard to change clothes." ”

Kou Zhun nodded, and left the instrument workshop with his hands behind his back.

Kou Ji did not leave in a hurry, but returned to the instrument workshop, and after admonishing the craftsmen, he rushed to the courtyard of the mansion.

When Kou Ji returned to the courtyard, Kou Zhun had already left the Kou Mansion with Chen Lin in a car.

Under Xiang Yan's service, Kou Ji washed up, put on his official uniform, got into the carriage, and entered Bianjing City.

rushed all the way to Donghua Gate, showed the waist card, and entered the palace.

Under the guidance of the eunuchs, Kou Ji arrived at the Shishitang, and Zhao Zhen, Kou Zhun, Wang Zeng and others had already begun to discuss who to send to Yinzhou and Linzhou to sit in the town.

As Kojimai walked through the door, he heard his name mentioned.

It was Wang Zeng who spoke.

Wang Zeng sat under Kou Zhun and said to Zhao Zhen: "The old minister thinks that the only way to do this is to let Kou Ji go to Yinzhou, Linzhou and other places. ”

Kou Zhun frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Yinzhou, Linzhou and other places, what they need now is someone in charge of the army, not someone who governs the government. Kou Ji didn't know anything about the military, so he went to Yinzhou, Linzhou and other places, and in the face of the hundreds of thousands of troops led by Xiao Xiaomu, I am afraid that he would be helpless. ”

Wang Zeng sighed and said to Kou Zhun: "I also know that Linzhou, Yinzhou and other places need people in charge of troops. But most of the soldiers and horses in Yinzhou, Linzhou and other places are the old departments of the Zhejia family, as well as the Zhejia army.

They have been under the orders of the Folded Family for many years, and it is difficult for them to be dispatched if they are not from the Folded Family.

Now he is loyal to the fear of his life, and it is difficult to take charge of the army. His heirs were too young to take charge of the army.

It is impossible for the Zhe family to hand over the Zhejia army, and even if the imperial court sends people in charge of the army, it is difficult to mobilize them.

Therefore, the one who is in charge of the army goes in vain.

What the imperial court can do now is to send a high-status and high-status important minister, with the sword of the Son of Heaven, to Yinzhou, Linzhou and other places, and dispatch the box army and forbidden army close to Yinzhou, Linzhou and other places to resist the Liao people together and block the Liao people from the Great Wall.

There is no other way. ”

The loyalty and courage of the folded family are true.

But the Zhejia family is also a thorn in the imperial court.

The Zhejia family is the only one with military power among the many generals in the imperial court.

Independent of Fuzhou, it is like a feudal town.

The Zhejia army directly belonged to the Zhe family, not the imperial court.

It is simply impossible for the imperial court to cross the Zhejia and mobilize the Zhejia army.

Kou Zhun groaned: "Didn't the imperial court already send Wang Yunsheng to Fuzhou to mourn the old lady?" Wang Yunsheng should have arrived in Fuzhou at this moment. ”

Wang Zeng shook his head slowly, "Wang Yunsheng is more than calm, lacking in sharpness, and has never experienced military affairs. He went to mourn the old lady on behalf of the imperial court, that's okay. But let him dispatch the Xiang army and forbidden army in Yinzhou, Linzhou and other places to resist the Liao, which will definitely not work.

Kou Ji is different, although he is not familiar with military affairs, but the Western Regions and his party, many means have come out, helping my Great Song Dynasty to find thousands of miles of fertile land.

If you go to Yinzhou, Linzhou and other places, you will inevitably be able to keep the Liao people out of the territory. ”

Kou Zhun said unhappily: "My Great Song Dynasty can get the land west of the river, it is not the work of Kou Ji alone. ”

Wang Zeng said in a deep voice: "But Kou Ji has made great contributions. ”

Kou Zhun's brows furrowed into a Sichuan character.

Wang Zeng insisted on letting Kou Ji go to Yinzhou, Linzhou and other places to preside over the overall situation.

But Kou Zhun was unwilling.

Why?

Because Kou Ji went to the Western Regions before, he followed Li Zhaoliang by his side.

Li Zhaoliang led an army of 100,000, which was enough to help Kou Jijijue with most of his troubles.

When he arrived in the Western Regions, he was loyal and brave from the Yuanshan Department, and when he arrived in Hexi, he was helped by Zhu Neng and Yang Wenguang.

There are many soldiers under his hands, so he doesn't have to worry about being useless, and he doesn't have to run around for military affairs.

It's different to go to Yinzhou, Linzhou and other places.

There were no heavy troops along the way.

When I arrived in Yinzhou, Linzhou and other places, no one could.

It is impossible for the Folded Family Army to listen to Kou Ji.

It is impossible for the people of the Fold family to listen to Kou Ji.

Zhu Neng is in Hexi, Di Qing, Yang Wenguang, Li Zhaoliang and others are in Yanyun.

There are still a few generals who can fight in the DPRK and China, but they are okay to charge into battle, and they are a little short of controlling the overall situation.

It is more than enough to serve as a vanguard general, and he controls the overall situation in Yinzhou, Linzhou and other places, but he has more than enough heart and not enough strength.

Therefore, the imperial court could not dispatch manpower to cooperate with Kou Ji to resist the Liao in Yinzhou, Linzhou and other places.

After frowning and silent for a long time, Kou Zhun reminded: "At present, the most important thing in Yinzhou, Linzhou and other places is military affairs, not political affairs. ”

Wang Zeng let out a long sigh.

He didn't know that the most important thing in Yinzhou, Linzhou and other places was military affairs.

However, the imperial court now does not have suitable manpower to send to Yinzhou, Linzhou and other places to take charge of the troops, and it is impossible for the Zhijia army and the old department of the Zhijia family to obey the dispatch of outsiders.

He could only catch the ducks on the shelves, and asked Kou Ji to go to Yinzhou, Linzhou and other places.

Kou Ji and his party in the Western Regions skillfully used strategies to take the land west of the river.

He hoped that Kou Ji would go to Yinzhou, Linzhou and other places, and he would also be able to use clever strategies.

He didn't expect Kou Ji to expand his territory after he went to Yinzhou, Linzhou and other places, he only hoped that Kou Ji could block the Liao people and make it impossible for the Liao people to invade south.

The words of Kou Zhun and Wang Zeng, the old lady of the Yang family listened to them word for word.

She heard the crux of their words.

The imperial court now has no generals to send, and no one can go to Yinzhou, Linzhou and other places to control military affairs.

The Zhejia army did not come out, and the imperial court dispatched the box army and forbidden army in Yinzhou, Linzhou and other places, but they may not be able to resist the Liao.

"The old body is willing to go to Fuzhou and ......"

The old lady of the Yang family groaned for a long time and spoke slowly.

When Kou Zhun and Wang Zeng heard this, they were all shocked.

Kou Zhun said in a deep voice: "Old sister, your body can't withstand the bumps of a long journey." ”

Wang Zeng nodded approvingly.

The old lady of the Yang family said softly: "Although the old body is old, the body is still quite tough. Take a trip back to Fuzhou, and you will be fine. The old man went to Fuzhou here, although he couldn't help the imperial court lead the troops to fight, but he could still do it by ordering the family army to go up and down and obey the orders of the imperial court. ”

Kou Zhun and Wang Zeng glanced at each other, and Qi Qi sighed.

Kou Zhun sighed to the old lady of the Yang family: "Old sister, it's because I'm incompetent, I haven't handled state affairs well, and I'm so old that you have to go far away." ”

The old lady of the Yang family shook her head and did not speak.

In her opinion, this is a muddled account.

It's hard to tell who's right and who's wrong.

If the Zhe family did not sit in Fuzhou, just like a feudal town, the imperial court would not need to have so many concerns, let alone worry about the northwest where the Zhe family is located, except for the Zhejia army, there is no strong army available.

The northwest where the Zhejia family is located, that is the most important frontier of the imperial court, and it is also the place of the four wars.

If there is no Zhejia, the imperial court will definitely send generals and strong troops to the northwest where the Zhejia is located.

Therefore, the imperial court now has no strong army available in the northwest where the Zhejia is located, and it has the responsibility of the imperial court and the responsibility of the Zhejia.

In the northwest where the Zhejia family is located, although there is a Zhejia army to guard it, the imperial court should not always rely on the Zhejia family and relax the control of the soldiers and horses in the northwest where the Zhejia is located, resulting in the northwest where the Zhejia family is located today, except for the Zhejia army, there is no strong army available.

The Ori family took over all the military affairs and military affairs in the northwest where the Zhe family was located, and they never thought that after the Ori family had no leader, the northwest where the Ori family was located would fall into a very embarrassing situation.

Therefore, both the Zhe family and the imperial court are at fault.

But the Zhejia and the imperial court were not intended to make mistakes on purpose.

As the only general in the imperial court who has military power, the imperial court naturally has to use the military affairs in the northwest to constantly wear down the strength of the folding family, otherwise the folding family will be in danger if the family sits big.

And the reason why the Zhe family took over all the military affairs and military affairs in the northwest was that the whole family was rooted in Fuzhou and was unwilling to enter Beijing for self-protection.

During the reign of Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, the head of the Zhe family, Zhe Yuxun, was named the queen of the Yong'an Army.

After staying, it was a feudal town recognized by the Great Song Dynasty.

But all the feudal towns that surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty and were recognized by the Great Song Dynasty would be added a posthumous position.

Zhi Yuxun also guarded the position of staying behind, helped the Song Dynasty wholeheartedly, and even moved the mind of moving the family into Bianjing City several times.

It's just that not long after his mind was born, he was stifled by the newly succeeded Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi.

When Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne, he immediately reappointed the Yong'an Army and folded the imperial honor after staying in the Yong'an Army, and was the envoy of the Yong'an Army.

Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi is thinking, Zhe Yuxun knows clearly.

Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi took advantage of this reappointment to cancel the name of Zhejia Domain.

In this regard, Zhe Yuxun didn't care.

It's just that not long after Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne, something happened that made him feel alarmed and gave up the idea of moving his family into Bianjing.

Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Meng Chang, the queen of the Shu Kingdom, surrendered to the fallen monarchs of the Great Song Dynasty and died violently one after another.

Zhi Yuxun felt that if he moved into Bianjing City, the fate would be similar to that of these people.

Therefore, he decisively extinguished the idea of moving into Bianjing City and chose to stay in Fuzhou all the time.

The folded family stayed in Fuzhou to protect themselves.

The Great Song Dynasty has always used the border war to consume the strength of the broken family, which is also a kind of self-protection.

Therefore, in this matter, it is difficult to make it clear simply about who is right and who is wrong.

The old lady of the Yang family took the initiative to ask for help, Kou Zhun and Wang Zeng only excused themselves, and under the insistence of the old lady of the Yang family, they did not refuse the matter again.

The matter is settled.

With the old lady of the Yang family coming forward, the Zhejia army will inevitably be able to obey the orders of the imperial court and cooperate with the soldiers and horses of the imperial court to resist the Liao.

Kou Zhun sighed and said, "Then let Kou Ji go to Yinzhou and Linzhou." ”

Wang Zeng hurriedly said: "I'll let people draw up the will." ”

The entrance of the Shishido Hall.

Kou Ji stood there stunned, neither advancing nor retreating.

said that he was invited to come over to discuss things, but before the others arrived, the discussion was already over.

So what else is he asked to do?

Kou Ji finally made it to the Shishidang.

Kou Ji entered the capital hall, and after saluting Zhao Zhen, who was sitting at the top without saying a word, he sat down on the empty seat at the end without making a sound.

Kou Zhun and Wang Zeng both agreed with him to go to Yinzhou, Linzhou and other places, this matter was decided, and it was useless for him to oppose it.

The king had sent someone to draft the decree, and after it was sealed, it was sent to Kou Ji.

He didn't order anyone to read it out, and directly let Kou Ji read it himself.

Kou Ji looked at the holy decree, and the king once told him beside him: "The old man has given you the greatest power, and all the soldiers and horses in the northwest are at your disposal; The generals in the army are appointed, and you are in charge; Local officials, let you dispatch; Below the third fret, you can cut first and then play.

You make a mess in the northwest, and the old man doesn't care.

The old man only asks you to do one thing well, that is, to guard the country and keep the Liao people out of the territory of my Great Song Dynasty.

As long as you can stop the Liao people in the northwest, Cao Wei and the others will be able to expand the territory for my Great Song Dynasty in the land of Yanyun. ”

After listening to Wang Zeng's words, Kou Ji had a headache.

Wang Zeng's words made him feel a headache.

The title that the king had given him in the holy decree also gave him a headache.

There are many titles, including many positions such as recruiting envoys, pacification envoys, chief of soldiers and horses, and supervising military affairs.

Kou Ji is no longer the ignorant teenager who first entered the court, and he now understands the truth that the more positions he has, the greater the responsibility.

Wang Zeng gave him so many titles, which is equivalent to handing over all the military and political affairs in the northwest to him.

Let him handle the government affairs in the northwest, he can barely deal with it, but when it comes to dealing with military affairs in the northwest, he is really a head and two big.

"Prime Minister Wang, you also think too highly of the lower officials, right?"

Kou Ji rubbed his eyebrows and stared at Wang Zeng to ask.

Wang Zeng knew what Kou Ji was thinking, but he only coughed and did not speak.

If the imperial court could draw out suitable manpower to go to the northwest, he would not be forced to let Kou Ji go.

He didn't put everything in the Northwest on Koji either.

The imperial court had already sent Wang Yunsheng to take the lead and go to the northwest.

When Kou Ji arrived in the northwest, with Wang Yunsheng's help, the pressure would be much less.

"When will you go?"

Kou Ji asked.

Things have come to this point, and there is no room for Kou Ji to refuse.

He could only bite the bullet and go to the northwest.

Wang Zeng and Kou Zhun did not speak, but looked at the old lady of the Yang family.

The old lady of the Yang family sighed sadly, "Let's leave tomorrow." ”

When you arrive early, you have more hope.

If they had rushed to the northwest, Zhi Weizhong would still be alive, and maybe he would have been able to save his life.

Kou Ji nodded slowly.

Several people sat together and discussed some details.

Helped Kou Ji select a few vanguard generals who charged into battle in the three ya, and then left separately.

When Kou Ji was about to leave, he was left behind by Zhao Zhen.

When there were only two people in the Shishitang, Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen, the two were very casual.

Kou Ji stared at Zhao Zhen and said in a deep voice: "Folded family ......"

Zhao Zhen seemed to guess what Kou Ji wanted to ask, and said in a deep voice: "I know that my mother is worried about her life." Zhe Weizhong is sick, and I know it. I didn't expect that the enemy would use this matter to calculate and compromise loyalty, nor did I expect that the Western Xia people would have the courage to let the Liao people cross the border.

It is precisely because of this that I did not pay attention to the matter of Zhi Weizhong's ill health. ”